As the name indicates, the College Readiness Data Catalog Tool focuses on identifying data that can indicate a student's college readiness. While college readiness indicators may also signal career readiness, many states, districts, and other entities, including the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), do not systematically collect career readiness…

Moving beyond "reform", teacher education programs need to be "transformed" to better prepare teachers, school counselors, and administrators to teach, guide, and lead in this complex society. Educators must have the skills, knowledge, and commitment to be part of the leadership team that assumes the responsibility for carrying the mantra of the…

Described is the integrated program for leadership in special education at Fitchburg State College (Massachusetts), and listed are 10 program objectives for students, including writing behavioral objectives and functioning as members of interdisciplinary teams. (CL)

The paper describes the structure, curriculum pattern, teaching strategies, and program impact of a teacher education program designed for minority students preparing to teach handicapped children. (CL)

The authors describe a core training program consisting of methods, materials, curriculum, and practicum to serve as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the certification of noncertified employed special education personnel. (SBH)

Described is the basic structure of the Postgraduate Teacher Training Center of Special Education in Norway. Among areas considered are admission qualifications, subjects covered in the training program, the five specialization courses, and practical educational problems and principles. (SBH)

The purpose of this survey was to assess the extent and development of humanistic programs in higher education, focusing on teacher education. Information was gathered randomly from nearly 800 teacher education institutions throughout the U.S. Two hundred seventy-nine schools responded to a questionnaire regarding program location, title,…

This personal account of a teaching intern at Barton County Community Junior College briefly describes his reactions to the experience. The internship, the first attempted by Kansas State University, was in two American history courses during one semester. The intern's reactions were that not only did the internship provide practical classroom…

The purpose, hypotheses, objectives, and experimental features of a program for preparing teachers for two-year colleges are discussed. The program, "Toward Personalized Teaching in Two-Year Colleges," has the following features: (1) each Fellow works throughout his program with an interdisciplinary, interinstitutional advisement…

Described is the development of several key courses serving as a nucleus for a noncategorical program to prepare teachers of the mildly handicapped at Memphis State University. (CL)

Described is the present education of secondary school physics teachers in the Netherlands. (CS)

Described is a program which utilizes graduate students majoring in learning disabilities, pediatric residents, and medical students in conjunction with the professionals in the public schools to provide interdisciplinary services to learning disabled children. (DB)

This report reviews the child care arenas in Canadian jurisdictions in particular, and in the jurisdictions of Sweden, United Kingdom and France as well. The report also provides a list of Canadian early childhood education programs that have lasted two years or longer. For each jurisdiction, the related legislation is outlined in order to provide…

A self-study program for training postsecondary vocational education teachers using 15 instructional modules is described. (EC)

Describes the physics courses offered in 137 British institutions with basic requirements, course structures, advanced research fields, training activities, enrollment trends, and addresses for further information included in each entry. (CC)